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unittest

unittest is the built-in (since version 2.1) testing framework for Python. It is modelled after the excellent JUnit framework for Java, and the xUnit testing frameworks in general. This makes for a clean, object-oriented style.

Important concepts

unittest supports the standard unit testing parts in a straightforward manner. The following concepts map onto functional elements:

• Test case: This is an individual test or group of tests. All tests in a test case belong to the same class and share a fixture.
• Test fixture: The functions required to do setUp and tearDown for all the test cases in a class.
• Test suite: This is a collection of test cases. Test cases in a test suite are meant to be run together.
• Test runner: This is a component that runs ...